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Another week produced another track meet of a football game for ULM on the road at South Alabama.

Only this time, the offense dried up when the Warhawks (3-4, 3-2) needed it the most.

ULM ran for 307 yards against the Sun Belt Conference’s second-ranked run defense, but the Jaguars (3-4, 2-1) pitched a fourth-quarter shutout and rode it to a 33-23 win at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.

South Alabama held ULM to three points on four red-zone opportunities.

Quarterback Caleb Evans completed 14-of-23 passes for 179 yards and one interception. The sophomore added 90 yards rushing and a touchdown on 13 carries and directed the offense to 486 total yards.

ULM’s first-half performance was far from flawless and featured the eclectic combination of a goal-line turnover, missed PAT and another opening-drive touchdown for the opposition. Despite the miscues, the Warhawks only trailed by four points at halftime.

Tra Minter’s 38-yard reception out of the backfield gave South Alabama a 7-0 lead to start the game. ULM seemed on the verge of tying the game, but Derrick Gore’s goal-line fumble was scooped up by Jaguar free safety Jeremy Reaves and returned to the four-yard line.

Xavier Johnson, South Alabama’s all-time leading rusher, gave the Jaguars a two touchdown lead on the next play.

The Warhawks chipped away at South Alabama’s lead on the next series with a Ben Luckett 22-yard touchdown run. A goal-line stop by the ULM defense was the prelude to a 17-yard scramble by Evans to the end zone.

A missed PAT kept South Alabama out front by one point.

Luckett answered a 37-yard Gavin Patterson field goal with six minutes left in the second quarter that gave ULM its first lead of the game. South Alabama drove 80 yards just before the half and took a 24-20 lead into the locker room following Dallas Davis’ second touchdown pass.

Turning point: Davis threw his third touchdown pass, a 20-yarder to tight end Mseiah Francis, in the third quarter. South Alabama spotted ULM’s missed PAT by failing to connect one after the touchdown.

Ford booted a 32-yard field goal on the first possession of the second half for ULM’s only points of the third quarter.

It was over when: Evans was intercepted by Reaves with under six minutes to play. South Alabama ran out the clock from there.

Patterson’s 32-yard field goal gave the Jaguars a two-possession lead it held for the rest of the game. Ford missed a 24-yard field goal on ULM’s first drive of the fourth quarter.

Record day for Johnson: South Alabama running back Xavier Johnson’s 32-yard run in the first quarter made him the program’s all-time leading rusher. Johnson was probable going into Saturday’s game.

By the numbers: Luckett led ULM in rushing with 11 carries for 91 yards and two touchdowns…RJ Turner caught four passes for 79 yards…True freshman cornerback Corey Straughter recorded his second interception of the season. Cornerback Kenderick Marbles, another true freshman and Straughter’s high school teammate at Neville, made his first career start…South Alabama’s Sam Harris led all receivers with eight catches for 141 yards and one touchdown…The Jaguars split their 232 yards on the ground between six rushers

Next week: ULM makes the trek to Moscow to face the Idaho Vandals. South Alabama travels to Georgia State.